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For home theater enthusiasts, Blu-ray software is the 110 octane race fuel that powers their super car. Streaming services may offer home theater so-called "HDTV" resolution downloads, pay-per-view or streaming but those in the know actually KNOW that Blu-ray is the only way to get both the best in uncompressed 1080p video and 7.1 surround sound audio. Read all about the latest Blu-ray software releases on this resource page. Read Blu-ray disc player reviews on this HomeTheaterReview.com resource page.
JVC Joins Blu-ray Patent Collective
JVC Kenwood has made move to help the company play a part in the innovation and the future of Blu-ray Disc technology, by joining a Blu-ray technology patent pool know as One-Blue.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
X-Men: First Class Comes to Blu-ray
X-Men: First Class sets the stage for the other movies in the franchise with style and very well executed action, directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Star Wars Blu-ray App Released
Star Wars is coming to Blu-ray. In September. But to hold fans over until then, Lucasfilm has come up with an App that will give fans an advance look at the Blu-ray before it comes out.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Even Facing Doom Borders Missed The Boat on AV Software Value
You might think that in the middle of a "store chain closing - gigantic discounts" sale that it would be easy to move something as desirable as Blu-ray discs. You might think that, but you'd be wrong, at least in the case of how Borders handled the discs in the chain's final days.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Blu-ray Replication in Jeopardy?
Supply and demand for Blu-ray discs may be hitting a novel problem, according to Home Media Magazine. It seems that the distributors' need to manufacture discs may overwhelm their physical capacity to do so by the end of 2011.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Is Blu-ray Better Than Streaming or Pay-Per-View For Your Hard Earned Home Video Budget?
Depressingly enough for those of us who value artistry in both our hardware and our software, market forces are often dictated by those who want things that come quickly and easily, even if these things are not as good as products that may call for a little more time and effort.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Movie Studios Are Thinking Of Asking Consumers What Blu-ray To Put Out Next
Rather than mass-producing Blu-ray discs for every theatrical film title released, whether the film hits, gets a cult following or outright bombs, there is now some thought being given to trying to gauge how a disc will sell via presales or early commitments before copies are made.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Can The Adult Industry Continue To Call The Shots For Consumer Electronics Going Forward?
Is it a coincidence that the Consumer Electronics Show and the AVN Show occur at the same time, in the same city, each year? There has long been an interesting link between these two industries, but it looks like the ties that bind may be loosening.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to Release Piranha 3D and Resident Evil: Afterlife on 3D Blu-ray
Two of 2010's horror hits, the ecstatically cheesy Piranha 3D and the zombies vs. kickass heroine sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife, both of which were released theatrically in 3D, are coming to Blu-ray in that format, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Disney World of Wonder Calibration Blu-ray Disc Makes Calibration Simple
Disney has gone a long way to help the consumer with calibration with the Disney World of Wonder Calibration Blu-ray Disc. HomeTheaterReview.com writer Tracy Rainwater takes an in-depth look at the disc.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Has NBC Universal Discovered The Future of BD-Live?
Fans of NBC's hit half-hour comedy The Office, which propelled Steve Carell to major stardom, know (or should know) that they need to buy the Blu-ray set of each Office season for the full effect, as these sets include a massive array of special features.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Where Is All Of The 3D Content?
This is a really good question, given that it seems a lot easier to find a 3D HDTV than a 3D movie that actually runs in 3D on a home theater system at the moment. This article gives you the pros and cons of buying a system now, vs. waiting until later.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Who's Tommy on Blu-ray Disc with Original Quintaphonic Sound on Sept. 7, 2010
The Who's album Tommy is considered the granddaddy of rock opera, and in 1975, Ken Russell made a film adaptation, starring Who member Roger Daltrey as the blind, deaf and speechless messiah that had the heft, scope and trippiness befitting the subject matter.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Brings 3D Movies Into the Home With Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs on Blu-ray 3D June 22, 2010
The well-reviewed animated comedy/fantasy film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is the first 3D Blu-ray release set by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Redbox Likely to Offer $1.50 Per Night Blu-ray Rentals
The prospect of having a single Blu-ray title for an extremely affordable $1.50 per night is coming closer to reality, according to Redbox president Mitch Lowe, who told the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy Edge conference that his company is seriously considering this option.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Panasonic Announces Bundling of Two Blu-ray 3D Titles With Purchase of Panasonic VIERA Full HD 3D TV
Two movies aimed at viewers of all ages, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Twentieth Century Fox and Coraline from Universal, are coming as Blu-ray 3D titles.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Black Sabbath Paranoid Coming To Blu-ray
There's surely a black and blue joke to be made here somewhere, but Eagle Rock Entertainment is perfectly serious about its award-winning Classic Album series. It is bringing out the Blu-ray of Black Sabbath's Paranoid on the album's fortieth anniversary.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
McIntosh Blu-ray Clients Get a Discount on Neil Young Boxed Set
Taking a cue from a Neil Young album title, McIntosh, like rust, never sleeps when it comes to finding ways to entice customers. McIntosh's latest promotion for its Universal Audio/Video Blu-ray player is a tie-in with Reprise Records and the Neil Young Archives.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Mel Brooks Classics Coming to Blu-ray
Twentieth Fox Home Entertainment is unleashing the forces of funny on Blu-ray with the release of three films directed and produced by groundbreaking comedian and writer Mel Brooks: High Anxiety, The History of the World Pt. 1 and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Wax-on. Wax-off. Karate Kid I & II Coming to Blu-Ray Box Set
For a whole generation (maybe more, if you count everyone who caught it later), the wise teachings of Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi, coaching Ralph Macchio's callow youth in martial arts and in life, was more than movie storytelling- it was plausible philosophy.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Global Release Dates For Avatar on Blu-ray - April 22 in U.S.
Feeling blue because you're not seeing enough blue - specifically, the big blue Na'vi aliens of James Cameron's massive hit Avatar? Cheer up. Twentieth Century Fox is bringing the box office giant to Blu-ray and DVD on April 22 in the U.S.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Top 10 Most Cliché Home Theater Demos
Heard of the adage, "Never bore your audience"? If you want to show off your wonderful home entertainment system to guests who may have already seen a few such set-ups elsewhere, here's a HomeTheaterReview.com guide to keeping it fresh.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
The Thomas Crown Affair Coming To Blu-ray Disc
The 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, starring Pierce Brosnan during his Bond days, Rene Russo and Denis Leary, is a gorgeous-to-watch heist film, with a thief (Brosnan) flirting with the insurance investigator (Russo) who is on to his crimes.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Will Blu-ray Profile 3.0 Be the Magic Bullet For Audiophile HD Music?
Audiophiles may not care too much about the latest goings on in the world of home theater but they should be for Blu-ray discs hold the key to high resolution music playback though you wouldn't know it by the staggering lack of high resolution, stereo or multi-channel discs on the market today.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to Deliver Blu-ray 3D Content
In a synergistic sales push, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is ramping up to sell 3D Blu-ray discs so that consumers worldwide will have more reason to buy 3D players and other related hardware from Sony Electronics. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Simpson Celebrate 20th Season With Blu-ray Release on January 12, 2010
Back in the '80s, when cartoonish Matt Groening was drawing the weekly strip Life in Hell for the L.A. Reader, not many people could have predicted that he'd create an animated series for Fox, The Simpsons, which would run for two decades with no end in sight.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Michael Jackson's This Is It Coming To Blu-ray
No one got to see Michael Jackson's This Is It tour live - the King of Pop died before the show went on the road. However, This Is It, a film compiled from extensive rehearsal footage, is the next best thing, now being released on Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Alternate STAR TREK Pilot Coming To Blu-ray on 12/15/09
"Where No Man Has Gone Before," the original and seldom-seen alternate pilot for the original Star Trek series (the one with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock) is now being brought to Blu-ray by CBS Home Entertainment.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Warner Brothers To Buy Back DVDs For Blu-ray Discs
For those seeking more shelve space and a little extra wallet cash, Warner Brothers is offering a deal - they'll buy back your old DVDs and sell you the titles on Blu-ray instead. This is similar to another deal in 2007, when the company bought back HD-DVDs as that format died out.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Marilyn Manson, Santana, Billy Idol and Earth Wind & Fire Coming To Blu-ray
Classic rock, guitar and funk are coming to consumers via Blu-ray discs from Eagle Rock Entertainment, just in time for the holidays at the very reasonable price of $24.95 per album, making it possible for someone who isn't totally broke to purchase the whole set.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Peter Jackson's District 9 Coming To Blu-ray
Executive producer Peter Jackson (maker of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) knew a good thing when he saw the presentation that, with Jackson's stewardship, became writer/director Neil Blomkamp's South African science-fiction thriller black comedy District 9.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Toto and Eminem Coming To Blu-ray On October 20, 2009
Toto (the band, not Dorothy's dog) and Eminem (the rapper, not the candy) both have albums coming out on Blu-ray disc. Toto's Falling In Between Live and Eminem Live From New York City are coming out from Eagle Rock Entertainment's Eagle Vision arm.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
EASY RIDER coming to Blu-ray on October 13
Easy Rider, the movie that began the road to cultural iconhood for Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is about to enjoy its fortieth anniversary. To commemorate this, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is bringing Easy Rider out on Blu-ray.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Godzilla Coming To Blu-ray on Nov. 10
He may be cheesy, but he is so inconic that the end of his name, "zilla," can be added to just about anything to denote enormity. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is no doubt hoping for home box office-zilla business with the release of Godzilla on Blu-ray.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
All Six Rocky Films Coming To Blu-ray
Sylvester Stallone, times six, is coming to Blu-ray as all of the Rocky films - the first five, plus the most recent entry - are being released as MGM Home Entertainment brings out Rocky: The Undisputed Collection, just in time for the holidays.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
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24-Tech: Ideas On How To Get Your Home Theater Working Like It's Installed At CTU -
24 was a great show that had some ridiculously impressive technology. So impressive, it defied the reality of the actual technology used. However, the ideas are great. Jerry Del Colliano thinks about how those ideas could be translated to home theaters.
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